Lighting fixture



March 8, 1932. SMYTHE ET AL 1,848,276

LIGHTING FIXTURE Filed March 20, 1930 LEW/"M f1 51555- Patented Mar. 8,1932 UNITED STATES.

, nonnnr L. 'SMY'I'HE, or MILWAUKEE, am) LAWRENCE PATENT.

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WISCONSIN, ASSIGNORS "r LINE MATERIAL comranrpor scorn MTLWAUKEE,

WISCONSIN, CORPORATION OF DELAWARE v 1 LIGHTING FIXTURE Applicationfiled March 20, 1930. Serial no; 437,438. r

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inlighting fifiures and refers more particularly to means for attachingthe glassware of street lighting fixtures.

In certain types of lighting fixtures the re fractor or lightdifiusingmeans is enclosed in a glass bowl or globe which is detachably connectedwith the hood or body portion of the fixture. Heretofore theconstruction of the connecting meansor glasswareholders, made attachment1 and removal'of the glassware an arduous task requiring consid-y erablestrength and, it is, therefore, an object of this invention to simplifythe construction of glassware holders of this type to materiallyfacilitate the attachment and removal of the glassware.

Another object of this inventionis to pro videmeans for attaching aglassware holder with its support, which embodiesthe principle of theordinary re-closable bottle stopper. With the above and otherob-jectsinview which will appear as the description pro ceeds, ourinvention resides in the novel construction, combmation and arrangementof.

parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularlydefined by the appended claims, it being understood that such changes inthe preciseembodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made ascome within the scopeof the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, we have illustrated two complete examplesof the physical embodiment of our invention con- I Figure 2 is anenlargeddetail 'Vslightly modified construction. 5G

structed according to the best modes we have so far. devised for thepracticalfapplication of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side view with parts broken away and in section of alighting fixture embodying our invention; 7

sectional view taken through Figure'l onthe plane of the line 22; i

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view of the glassware holderillustrating its means of attachment to the fixture carried support, andr I 1 Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 of a Referring now moreparticularly to the accompanying, drawings, thenumeral 5 represents thebody of a conventional street lightingfixture having a socketfi for thereceptionof a lamp 7. Secured-tothe bottom ofthe'bo'dyb risrahood 8 fromwhichan annularflange 9" extends downwardly. .The annular fiangeQhasa-refractorring 10 con nected therew th by having oneside hingedlyconnected to a. portion oftheihood, as at 11, and its opposite sideprovided with a de-' ary, the refractor ring 10supportsa refractor globe13 which encloses 't-helamp 7 1:0

difiuse the lightin anydesired manner;

Enclosing the refractor bowl-13 is a glass bowl, 14 of any suitabledesign or configuramounted by havingtheirjends riveted to the band, asat 20, the medial portions ofthe segmental springme'mbers 19-arespacedfrom the band and have U-shaped brackets 21 rivcted thereto, as at 22'.Attaching bails indicated generally by the numeral 23, are mount-'tachable securing'means .12; As is customed between thearms of thebrackets 21 to provide means for readily detachably connecting thebandor holder 16 lugs or projections Qexjtendihg outwardly from theadjacentperipheral edge of an annular flange forming part of the refractor ring10. p .Thebails 23are of the type commonly employed in reclosing bottlestoppers and consists oftwo sections 26' and 27. Both the secin I tionsare preferably formed of wirev and the section 26 :issubstantiallyU-shaped and has itsoutermost ends 28 directed laterally to be receivedin loops 29 formed in the medial portions of thearms ofthe section'27which is I also U-shaped. The sections 26 and 27 are thuspivotallyconnected by the reception of the ends 29 in the loop'sf28 andthe outer ends the ends ofthe U-shaped brackets 21, as at 30. 9

of the section 27 are pivotally connected with To secure the bowl 14over the refractor, the closed ends of the bail sections 26 are engagedover the lugs or projections 24, as clearly illustrated in Figuresl and2, and the closed end of the section 27 is forced downwardly. Thisaction, as will be readily apparent, forces the spring members 19upwardly to securely hold the peripheral edge of the bowl against theunderside of the annular flange formed on the refractor ring which, toprevent in ury to the bowl, is preferably provided with a cushioningring 31. Continued movement of the closed end of the bail section 27causes the axis of the pivotal connection between the sections to passinwardly of an imaginary line drawn through the pivotal connections 30and the outer ends of the projections orlugs 2a with which the closedends of the bail sections 26 are connected, whereupon the parts will bemaintained in operative position until the bail section 27 is forciblymoved outwardly,

The engagement of the ciosed' end of the bail section 27 with theadjacent surface of the glass bowl serves to limit inward movementthereof. In this; manner the attachment and removal of'the glasswarefrom its fixture carried mounting means is greatly facilitated and ifdesired the closed end of the bail section 26 at one side of the bowlmay be non-detachably connected with its lugor projection 24, as at 32,in Figurefl. i I

With this construction the glassware holder is hingedly connected. withthe refractor ring so that dropping of the glassware upon detachmentthereof to permit access to the interior of the fixture is prevented.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. A supporting device for glassware and the like comprising a support,a member rigidly connected with the glassware, a resilient stripattached to said member at its ends and projecting radially therebeyond,a bracket attached to said strip, a hook engageable over the support,and means connected with the bracket and the hook for readily applyingtension to said hook. 2. The combination of a lighting fixture and itsglassware, of a supporting device for the glassware com rising a supportcarried b the fixture, a and connected with the g assware, a resilientstrip connected to said band at the ends of said band, and projectingradially therebeyond, a bracket attached to said resilient strip, amember engageable with the support, and a member pivotally connectedwith the bracket and the support engaging member for drawing theglassware towards the, support, said member moving beyond dead center toreadily detachably secure the same in operative position.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures.

ROBERT L. SMYTHE. LAWRENCE F. GIESE-

